Doctors never expected Alex Simpson to survive long after birth. Diagnosed with hydranencephaly — a rare condition in which most of the brain’s hemispheres are missing and replaced with fluid — she ...

A Nebraska woman born without a brain just celebrated her 20th birthday — and is defying the odds. Alex Simpson of Omaha was born with a rare condition known as hydranencephaly, according to her ...

Doctors told her parents she wasn't expected to survive past age 4, but a Nebraska woman born without cerebral hemispheres celebrated her 20th birthday last week. Alex Simpson was diagnosed with ...

Nebraska family Shawn and Lorena Simpson spoke to Inside Edition Digital about their child, Alex, who was born with a rare condition where she doesn’t have a brain. Their child wasn’t supposed to live ...